This blog has been a long time comin'.
I think it's best to start here:
I think it's best to start here:
And here:
(And perhaps with the disclaimer that I originally wanted to call it it:
"Big Hair, Big Butt, Big Dreams: A Country Girl's Life in the Big City."
this may still happen...)
But I had to go with the Body Electric because one of my very best friends whom I affectionately refer to as "Buddy" marked this passage in her copy of Leaves of Grass for me and told me I would like it. And I did. And even though not all of it makes sense to me, singing and electricity and the body DO, so it has nudged its way into the foundation of my practice.
Which brings us to today, and the title of this post: Mind, Body, Soil.
It's taken some time, but I've found a place where I can combine my passions in a way that also positively influence my clients. I split my time between gardening and crafting, and body work and movement coaching. The two spheres influence each other, most notably, in my experience, in the expression of Five Element Theory:
Which posits that we are inherently born into a world of dark and light, masculine and feminine, Yin and Yang, and our energy ebbs and flows back and forth between the contrasting energies, influencing how our internal and external environments interact.
The force that drives the exchange is referred to as Qi or "life force energy", and it is responsible for giving us form and movement and potential. The symbol for Qi looks like this:
The force that drives the exchange is referred to as Qi or "life force energy", and it is responsible for giving us form and movement and potential. The symbol for Qi looks like this:
And it is a combination of two characters: vapor and rice. The pictogram represents the essence of Qi, which is the coming together of the material and the energetic, the tangible and the ephemeral.
Qi comes from your parents and the universe at the time of conception, as well as in the form of
food, air, and relationships.
Qi comes from your parents and the universe at the time of conception, as well as in the form of
food, air, and relationships.
In studying Shiatsu and Five-Element Theory, as well as Western physical and social sciences, I've come to understand that there are a few underlying principles that have been guiding me somewhat under the radar as I continue to evolve as a practitioner, and just as a human.
Those are:
Nature
Community
Legacy
Those are:
Nature
Community
Legacy
And at some point I will have a cool graphic that breaks down how each of those principles influence my actual work with individuals and groups, but for now it feels good just to throw it out there.
If you've read through the rest of the site then you've seen my tag line :
If you've read through the rest of the site then you've seen my tag line :
and this is the most articulate, clear way I can describe Kadence.
Looking forward to writing more soon.
Looking forward to writing more soon.